Prayer important in the battle against abortion

Charles Edgar

Charles Town

In the battle against abortion, prayer is important. Like Jesus, we have to pray, before we do any action. But prayer is not enough. We cannot just pray abortion away. If there’s a fire, we don’t just pray, we take action; we go and put the fire out. The battle must be fought in the public square also.

Sadly, only one-tenth of 1 percent of Catholics or Protestants are engaged in this battle, despite the fact that 1 million babies are aborted every year. That’s the equivalent of a 9-11 every day; but, by comparison, too few people pay any attention to the slaughter of babies. They do not make the headlines. They do not disrupt our way of life. Solution? If you care enough, resolve to add an hour of activism to your busy schedule. Boycott companies that fund abortion. Display a pro-life bumper sticker. Call your Congressmen and women decrying the action that stopped the defunding of Planned Parenthood, which was scheduled to be defunded in the American Health Care Act (AHCA)

But the pro-life movement has not been discouraged by the failure of the AHCA and continue to encourage congressional Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood quickly, with or without health care reform.

A prelate named Bishop Fabian Bruskewicz once warned, “When we appear before the judgment seat of Christ, He will look us over very carefully and ask, ‘Where are your scars?’ If we have no scars, He will say, ‘Was there nothing worth fighting for?'” Yes, the cause for life is worth fighting for. The next time you look at a beautiful baby, ask yourself how many like this are slaughtered every day; and, what have I done about it?

Why bother, you say? Don’t have time or the energy to speak out or do anything about this matter? Think about this. The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) on March 29 released a new video, in which an abortionist discusses the difficulties of keeping body parts of little babies intact during an abortion. The sale of these parts and their intact condition, determine how much Planned Parenthood can “charge” the buyers. I think that the public and the public’s elected representatives need to be reminded of the truly barbaric nature of Planned Parenthood’s late-term abortion business…specifically, American taxpayers.

What is key in all this effort to end the funding of Planned Parenthood and the abortion agenda is the attitude we take as citizens. We are not supposed to sit back and watch to see if our elected officials keep to their commitments and promises, and then complain if they don’t. The pro-life commitments should be shared by them and by us. We as citizens are called to work side by side with our elected officials. We are all in this together. We fail or succeed together. Representatives to call now to defund Planned Parenthood: Senator Manchin 304-264-4626 and Senator Capito 202-224-6472. Most importantly, we are called to try to save our brothers and sisters in Christ.